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[1] DELIVER me from mine enemies, O God; defend me from them that rise up against me.
[2] Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
[3] For, 1o, they lie in wait for my soul; evil have they multiplied against me; not because I have transgressed or because I have sinned, O LORD.
[4] They run and prepare themselves against me without considering whether I have been at fault;
[5] Awake to help me, and behold, O thou LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the nations, and spare not any wicked transgressors.
[6] They return at evening; they make a noise like dogs, and go round about the city.
[7] Behold, they belch out with their mouths; swords are in their lips; for who, say they, does care?
[8] But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the nations in derision.
[9] To thee shall I give praise, O God, for thou art my defense.
[10] O God, thy lovingkindness has preceded me; God has let me live to see my enemies avenged.
[11] Spare them for a living example, lest my people forget; but scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O LORD my hope.
[12] For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips. let them even be taken in their pride; for it is cursing and lying that they speak.
[13] Consume them in thy wrath, consume them, that they be no more, that they may know that God rules over Jacob and over the ends of the earth.
[14] And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like dogs, and go round about the city.
[15] Let them be hungry and not be filled, neither let them find a lodging place.
[16] But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning; for thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.
[17] Unto thee, O God, will I sing; for thou art God of my refuge and the God of my mercy.
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